Business People

Published 10:07 pm, Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Frontier Communications in Stamford has named John Jureller, senior vice president, finance and operations for the Resources Group of General Atlantic from 2008 to 2012, to succeed Don Shassian, executive vice president and chief financial officer, who has announced his resignation. Shassian will remain with Frontier until March 31 to help transition responsibilities. Jurellern previously was chief financial officer of WestPoint International. He has also held management positions at Alixpartners, Trans-Resources, Gartner and Caribiner International, and senior financial roles at PepsiCo World Trading, Emcor and General Electric Capital. He began his career in finance at Bankers Trust and earned a bachelor's degree with distinction and a master's degree in business administration/finance from Cornell University.

W.R. Berkley Corp. in Greenwich announced that Andrew Steen has been named president of Berkley Canada. Steen was senior vice president and commercial underwriting officer for the Canadian subsidiary of a major property casualty insurer. He has a bachelor's degree from the University of British Columbia and has a chartered insurance professional designation.

TD Bank has named Richard Mishley the store manager at 60 Redding Road in Redding. An assistant vice president, he is responsible for new business development, consumer and business lending, managing personnel and overseeing the day-to-day operations at the store serving customers in Redding, Wilton, Ridgefield and Georgetown. Prior to joining TD Bank, he was a branch manager at Patriot National Bank in Trumbull, and also managed Bank of America branches in Shelton, Fairfield and Trumbull. A Trumbull resident, he graduated from the University of Connecticut.